Canon Ixus AF APS Film

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In one of my mad cleaning adventures I’ve managed to find my first camera (Canon Ixus AF) and all its old photos and film. I had this when I was leaving school and it was strange how the memories came flooding back. It got replaced about July 2003 and I had forgotten about it. Anyway, that’s not the point of this, sorry. There is a film that has been in the camera since Mayish 2003 from my leavers do which I have a few questions about that I hope someone can help me with.

a) Will the film be any good? Or is it pointless getting it developed?
b) The camera needs a new battery of course but the film won’t come out of the camera, does anyone remember if they need power to come out?
c) Finally, the strange one, I remember like it was yesterday some of the pictures I took with this film, but upon opening to take the film out, the indicator is still on 1 (Unexposed) which is really confusing me. Am I going crazy? Or does this indicator only change as you take it out of the camera and as I have no power as the battery is dead, it couldn’t change it to number 2 (which could be why it doesn’t come out), or should it do this while it is being used. From what I remember (which could be wrong) it’s half used.

Can anyone help me out with some answers and put my confused mind at ease?

Thank in advance.
 
A. I have had film developed that had been in a Canon AT1 for over 10 years, come out quiet well.
B.Needs power as auto rewind and auto feed for APS.
C. Once battery is in it will or should tell you how many frames there are to take,indicators on the cassette are manual and if the full circle is showing white then the film is unexposed. so I guess you may have wound the film into the camera and not taken any shots. Once you start shooting the half circle indicator appears.
 
Hmm, clearly my memory is failing! I could have sworn i had taken shots with it.

Thanks for the help Medway!
 
If you drop the film in to most high street processors they won't charge you if it's a blank film.
 
Just drop a battery in and it'll tell you what frame its on if any of the films been exposed.
 
Thats exactly what I've done Samuel! Sadly I didn't have any CR2 batteries so had to buy one. It says i have 9 pictures left, i guess it only moves to the next indicator if you were to take it out then?

But mystery solved, it is the film I'm looking for. Thanks everyone for the help!
 
Until the film is finished you cannot take it out.
 
I've just had some shots developed from exactly the same camera that I last used in 2001 and they came out ok. You can take the film out by pressing the film rewind button, a small inset button underneath the flash mode selection. You'll probably have to use a pen or unfolded paperclip if you don't have the original wrist strap, which had a 'nubbin' on the plastic slider that's the right size.

IIRC, one of the selling points of APS was that you could rewind films part-way through rather than having to use the whole film up before changing. That's why the film canister has a symbol for part-exposed.
 
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